Forum Column - By Howard M. Ehrenberg - Recently, the House of Representatives was set to vote on sweeping reforms in personal...
Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine & Regenstreif hopes to land a Las Vegas practice by adding attorney John Hanover. Hanover, who ...
Sherman Oaks attorney Michael Convey was elected a Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner Aug. 16. Convey, an attorney with S...
Litigation
Former Clippers Head Coach Reachers Settlement Over Firing
By Stefanie Knapp
Brian O'Neill and Paul Murphy of O'Neill, Lysaght & Sun helped former Los Angeles Clippers coach Bill Fitch reach a settle...
A recently concluded experimental course offered at Sacramento's McGeorge School of Law gave students the high-tech tools to s...
For the first time in its 136-year history, New York's Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy is looking outside the Big Apple fo...
A new technology company has been born in Southern California. Chip manufacturing titan Intel Corp. of Santa Clara has spun of...
Los Angeles software company Adexa Inc. has raised $15 million in its fifth round of venture financing. New investor Wasserste...
Los Angeles County lost $12.3 million recently in a medical malpractice case when private counsel hired to handle the lawsuit ...
Firm Watch
Two Contracts Law Litigators Join Pillsbury Winthrop in Washington
By Staff Writer
Pillsbury Winthrop has added a pair of litigators to its Washington, D.C., office, the firm announced Aug. 22. The new partner...
Morrison & Foerster probably is having trouble finding shelf space for all the numerous awards given to the firm for its s...
Firm Watch
SkyRiver Wants Outside Counsel On Its Strategic Advisory Board
By Staff Writer
San Diego's SkyRiver Communications Inc. has asked outside counsel William W. Eigner to sit on its strategic advisory board. T...
Douglas Benson, the chief operating officer of the Americas region for London's Clifford Chance Rogers & Wells, will take ...
Litigation
Governor Appoints Four Jurists To Fill Vacant Seats on Bench
By Leslie Simmons
Gov. Gray Davis continued his recent wave of judicial appointments last week by naming four new Los Angeles Superior Court jud...
Litigation
Lawnmower Company Settles Suit Against Paramount School District
By Stefanie Knapp
After a year of litigation, John Murphy, a partner at Nossaman, Guthner, Knox & Elliott, and his client, McLane Manufactur...
Scott DeVries, an accomplished trial lawyer who is best known for handling long, complex insurance coverage, environmental and...
Online auction giant eBay Inc. of San Jose is one step closer to buying electronic payment service PayPal Inc. in a $1.5 billi...
To have a homeowners' association sued by a general contractor is odd enough. Typically, it's the other way around. What makes...
Firm Watch
Kelley Drye Ups Five to Partner, Including Pair of L.A. Lawyers
By Staff Writer
New York-based Kelley Drye & Warren elevated five attorneys, including two Los Angeles lawyers, to the partnership, the fi...
Litigation
Los Angeles Chapter of Trial Group Elects Melby as Vice President
By Stefanie Knapp
The Los Angeles chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates recently elected Donna Melby as vice president. Melby, a liti...
After helping establish Cooley Godward's trademark practice in San Diego, Lisa Martens has ditched the Palo Alto-based firm fo...
A Silicon Valley legal team advised a Southern fiber-optics company in its latest round of venture financing, which raised $15...
Los Angeles' Musick, Peeler & Garrett has experienced a growth spurt over the past three months, hiring 10 new attorneys -...
Litigation partner John W. Fowler left Bingham McCutchen to join Bergeson Eliopoulos, a litigation boutique in San Jose, the f...
Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine & Regenstrief is leaving its Santa Monica headquarters for Westwood Village. The firm has inked...
Attorney Cary Hall is no stranger to work with the Center for Law in the Public Interest. In high school, he worked as assista...
Column by James J. Farrell and Anthony N. Luti - The number of class actions has grown tremendously over the last decade. Betw...
Column by Jeff Kichaven and Deborah Rothman - Is there a role for humor in mediation? - To answer this question, we turned to ...
Dechert has expanded into Germany with the opening of a Frankfurt office in early August. Corporate lawyer Gerhard Kaiser has ...
Firm Watch
Jeffer Mangels Moves Quarters In San Francisco and Century City
By Staff Writer
Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro is almost finished with the moving vans and the shuffle of relocating to new offices. Th...